Brian May

Paul Crook & Brian
May stopped by the shop recently to discuss the new guitar we are building
him.

Paul bought Brian one our Solid Korina RVC
Guitars See Below

Brian picked up a couple JJ Heart guitars one for his
Daughter and one for Paul's Girlfriend. Brian was flipping out over the
RVC so Paul gave me his credit card and said to pack it up and hide it
from sight. Paul sprang it on Brian on the limo ride back to the hotel
!!!

Paul never even asked the price of the guitar
!!!!. He just said " Pack it so I can surprise Brian"
Needless To Say, Brian was knocked out and is now playing it on his World
Tour with Paul Rodgers singing.

RVC Singlecut
Model

December 2004

Ed Roman is building Brian May a new guitar which is
scheduled to be finished in time for his world tour with Queen in March of
2005. It will look like his original "Red Special" and have basically
the same designed electronics but the guitar will be much different than the
original.

First & foremost this guitar will feature a
Neck through body
construction unlike the glued up original, It will also have the pickups
solidly mounted like the original but unlike all the copies which have been
spring loaded. This guitar will utilize the Pearlcaster Tremolo
which we have already been using to modify all the guitars for the "We Will Rock
You Show's

This guitar will have a solid
Korina bodyand a Quartersawn solid
korina neck. It will have an Ebony board instead of the Rosewood original.

(Brian Told Ed that he had originally wanted Ebony
but couldn't afford it at the time)

Ed & Brian are still discussing, Fret Size, Neck
Radius, Nut Size, & Inlays but it should be completed in time.

We will of course still be carrying the Burns
models and the new lower cost imported Brian May Guitars which are quite good
when you consider the pricing.

Brian autographed every one of our Burns
Models that we had in stock. (How Cool Is
That)

This guitar has taken over two years to come to fruition and
is the end result of many prototype models. Brian May was insistent that not only
should this guitar be affordable but is of the highest standard using only the
best quality timber and parts available.

Voted 'Best Guitar of the Year 2001' by
Guitarist Magazine Beat out the PRS
Santana model by a mile

Ed Roman has an original Guild Red Special Available

Brian Recently Signed It
Call for Current Pricing

In the 60's everyone who was anyone used Burns Guitars,
George Harrison, The Searchers, Jerry & the Pacemakers, Freddie & The
Dreamers, The Dave Clark 5, The Tremoloes and even the King himself
(Elvis). In fact
Rickenbacker,
Mosrite,Gretsch & Burns
were the main contributors to the 60's guitar sound.

As the Guitar has developed Brian has inspected each prototype,
changing only small detailsto achieve the end product. This Guitar is
now as exact a replica as you would expect, with theexception of the
tremolo unit which Brian has agreed to use on the production models.

The Burns Tri-Sonic® Pickups are handmade to the original
design and when tested alongsidethe original Red Special guitar Brian
was astonished by the similarity of the sound.

The pickup switching system is also exactly the same as the
original spec.An on/off switch for each of the pickups and an in and out
of phase switch for each pickup,this allows you to obtain all pickup
combinations.

One Master Volume and One Master Tone control.

Brian also insisted that the nut width should be the same as
per original 45mm.

The Machine heads were also a critical factor, for greater
turning stabilityBrian chose locking Grover Tuners.

Achieving the color was one of the biggest obstacles as most
people who knowof Brian's original Guitar consider it to be Red!!! In
fact the Guitar is more Brown colordue to the natural color of the
wood and the fence stain Brian used to finish it in the sixties.

Brian agreed to compromise with a slightly redder finish.

There are two colors available, Vintage Cherry (Red) and three
tone sunburstas this was Brian's request.

Voted 'Best Guitar of the Year 2001' byGuitarist MagazineBeat the PRS Santana Model